Section: US & Canada
Justice Belied: The Unbalanced Scales of International Criminal Justice
Justice Belied: The Unbalanced Scales of International Criminal Justice Edited by Sebastien Chartrand and John Philpot Baraka Books, 2014 This enlightening book on international criminal justice is a collection of papers by 15 authors, many involved in the defence of individuals tried by international courts. While the papers differ in tone and...
AirAsia plane carrying 162 lost; 3rd Malaysia airline shock
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia turned worse Sunday when an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappeared over stormy Indonesian waters, with no word on its fate despite several hours of searching by air and sea. Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia launched a search and rescue operation for...
The Search for AirAsia Indonesia Flight QZ8501
As night fell over the Java Sea on Sunday, Indonesian authorities suspended until Monday morning a search for an AirAsia Indonesia jet carrying 162 people. The Airbus A320-200 had departed the Indonesian city of Surabaya around 5:30 a.m. on what would have been a short trip to Singapore. But air traffic control lost contact with the pilot...
Merkel Urges Russia To Use ‘Influence’ To Push Separatists On Ukraine Peace Talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russia to use its influence on separatists in eastern Ukraine to implement a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the conflict. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Biggest Gaffes, Blunders, Faux Pas, Snafus, Misstatements, And Missteps Of 2014
Bad news abounded in 2014. So let’s focus on the lighter side, those instances where famous folks endured public humiliation or embarrassment, suffered severe cases of foot-in-mouth disease, as well as poor judgment or just plain ignorance. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Zaporozhiya Nuclear Plant Takes Unit Offline
MOSCOW (AP) — One unit of Ukraine’s Zaporozhiya nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, has been taken offline because of generator problems. State nuclear power company Energoatom says the unit was disconnected from the electricity net early Sunday to prevent internal damage to the generator. It did not give further details, but said...
Search For Missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Suspended Until First Light
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia called off until first light a search for an AirAsia plane with 162 people on board that went missing on Sunday after pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from Indonesia’s Surabaya city to Singapore. Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501, an Airbus 320-200 carrying 155 passengers...
Missing AirAsia flight is 3rd Malaysia linked incident this year
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The disappearance Sunday of AirAsia Flight 8501 was the third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based. Here’s a look at the two other disasters, as well as the latest missing flight, which went missing with 162 people aboard less than an hour after taking off from Surabaya,...
Crimea to Liberia: 2014 in 12 Pictures
January: A man hurls a rock during demonstrations in Kiev, Ukraine, in January. The crisis that resulted has prompted what many pundits are calling a “second cold war” between Russia and the West. Protesters occupied the central square of the Ukrainian capital demanding the resignation of the pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Scores of...
Missing AirAsia flight is 3rd Malaysia linked incident this year
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The disappearance Sunday of AirAsia Flight 8501 was the third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based. Here’s a look at the two other disasters, as well as the latest missing flight, which went missing with 162 people aboard less than an hour after taking off from Surabaya,...
